19/01/2022
shares his top tips for screenwriting ✍️
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1. You must have a great idea. Try to come up with a concept that will appeal to audiences, but, more importantly, a concept that you are passionate about and that you know has legs. If an idea isn’t appealing to you at this stage, it’s probably not something you want to be spending your time on.
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2. The most important, yet often overlooked, part of the writing process is development. A strong story and interesting characters are key to a good script, so make sure you spend a fair amount of time fleshing them out. Fill all plot holes, connect all dots, cover all bases. An effective way to do this is by writing out a detailed treatment before you dive into the script.
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3. Write when you feel it. Don’t put unnecessary pressure on yourself or force your fingers to get to work. If you’re not in the zone, it will show in the finished product. So, always make sure you’re in the right head space and feeling the subject matter when you sit down to write. This is when you’ll do your best work.
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4. Make your script engaging for your reader. Remember, you may know what this “story-world” looks like and how it all works, but they don’t. So, don’t be lazy. Include as much detail as possible and keep everything flowing at a nice pace so that it doesn’t drag. You want the reader to be able to picture everything that they’re reading, to see this world through your eyes.
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5. Feedback is crucial. You may like what you’re putting down, but others might not. With that said, ensure you’re getting feedback from a variety of sources to ensure you’re ticking all of the boxes. Examples might be showing it to men and women, filmmakers and non-filmmakers, writers and non-writers etc. The more perspectives, the better, to help you find what is going to work best for your script.
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Happy writing 📃